Business Anlyst - Reporting & Analytics - Trade Marketing - CPG

Company : General Mills India Ltd.

Position Title : Business Analyst - Trade Marketing

Function/Group:Sales Solutions

Role Reports to : Manager

Minimum Degree Requirements : Masters

Preferred Major Area of Study : Business Administration, Statistics, Economics, Finance, Marketing

Job Overview :

- Role requires the candidate to be fast learner of GM portfolio, trade mechanics, and business liaisons and engage their analytical & technical skills actively in meeting the key goals of the process and function.

- Resource must possess strong influential skills and independently take on business requests in order to establish & analyze trade merchandising with help of various in house tools.

Data Analytics & Adhoc Reports :

- Distill actionable insights from the data to offer client ready business recommendations by identifying meaningful customer indicators & trends

- Update/Upgrade monthly deliverables based on business requirements and facilitate the larger team create functional, high impact efficient reports

- Cross sell reports and bring in more work; Standardize and streamline reports continually and eliminate duplicate efforts

- Identifying issues and forming hypotheses and solution : Independently take on business questions from SME- s, make analysis plans & delivery solutions

- Distill actionable insights from analysis to offer client ready business recommendations by identifying meaningful customer indicators & trends

- Work alongside of peers and inculcate best practices and elevate the team's ability to tackle business questions with a full bodied analysis and value adds

- Display a high sense of accountability and presence of mind when completing requests with high visibility or tight turnaround times

- Lead by example by bringing enterprise wide lens to the work

Minimum years of related experience required :

- 2 -6 years of Data Modelling, Reporting and analytics experience in CPG (or related) industry.

Preferred years of related experience :

- 2 -6 years of relevant business Data Modelling reporting and analytics experience in CPG (or related) industry.

Specific Job Experience or Skills Needed :

- Experience in Data Modelling, Data source like Business Objects, Nielsen, MS Access, Prioritize & Organize workload and collaborate with peers to align with the team's vision

- Facilitate opportunity areas and work with the team to accomplish short term and long term goals

- Accuracy and attention to detail; an ability to provide accurate time estimates

- Team Player with strong interpersonal dynamics & conflict management

- Ability to analyze large amount of data from multiple data sources and present coherent observations and recommendations : Tech Savvy, Numbers savvy

- Adhere to the team & site level metrics along with the quality control procedures

- Self motivated and the ability to complete work timely and efficiently with a zeal to exceed expectations

- Exude a client service mind-set and display presence of mind in stressful situations

- Adapt to evolving business needs and display a proactive sense of urgency